Seasonal distribution of free-living nematodes in the Krähenbach, a fine-grained submountain carbonate stream in southwest Germany

Nematology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 113-136

  Beier, Stefanie ^a   Traunspurger, Walter ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age structure; Community structure; Eumonhystera filiformis vulgaris; Feeding types; Streams; Temporal patterns; Tobrilus cf. pellucidus; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; NEMATODE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STREAM; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

GERMANY;

CHROMADOREA; NEMATODA; SECERNENTEA; TOBRILUS; TOBRILUS PELLUCIDUS;

EID: 0037595434     PISSN: 13885545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854102765216740     Document Type: Article

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